Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute

In the spirit of nature writer and conservationist Sigurd F. Olson, the Institute works with Northland College and regional partners to promote stewardship, identify opportunities, deliver educational programs, and facilitate solutions that address environmental issues throughout the North Country.

Brown Bag with Tim Bristol

Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness and
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness present Tim Bristol, Director of Trout
Unlimited's Alaska office, for a public lecture at the Sigurd Olson
Environmental Institute at 12 p.m. on Friday, February 22.

Bristol's
presentation, Watersheds:
Clean Water, Wild Places, and Healthy Communities, will explore
conservation work in Alaska's Tongass National Forest, where revisions to the
forest management plan and roadless rule have provided the opportunity for
significant watershed protection in Bristol Bay.